Top Chinese Uni fears Middle Kingdom is way behind on tech – and US sanctions make catching up hard

Opinion so controversial the Party may have had it pulled

A report from a major Chinese research university has asserted that China currently trails the US's technological prowess, and that progress towards matching its rival will be slowed by the current "decoupling" of the two nations. That opinion appears to have proven so controversial that the research paper expressing it has been taken down by the the institution that published the document, possibly after pressure from on high....